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Teach the fundamentals of how the digital world works in the school curriculum

Submitted on Saturday 5th February 2022

Rejected on Friday 11th February 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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Teach the fundamentals of how the digital world works in the school curriculum

Petition Details

The Government should introduce a program into schools that explains how the basics of the digital world work. In particular, the fundamentals of the internet and how computers operate it. This would help to educate students about how to keep their personal information protected.

Additional Information

As a computing and maths A-Level student, I'm alarmed by students' lack of knowledge about how the internet and computers work. The majority of us cannot appreciate the scale of the technology used and fail to understand the logic behind the threats faced in the digital world. It is necessary to explain the processes behind regular digital activities with a simplified approach that compares scenarios in the physical world to those digitally.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. There are already requirements for teaching computing in schools, which you can read here:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study

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